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| 1:22a | [Herpetology • 2014] Sea Snakes in Australian Waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) — A Review with an Updated Identification Key
Abstract Sea snakes (Elapidae, subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) reach high species richness in the South China Sea and in the Australian region; however, most countries in the two regions still lack up-to-date checklists and identification tools for these snakes. We present an updated reviewed checklist and a new complete identification key to sea snakes in Australian waters. The identification key includes 29 species documented and 4 possibly occurring taxa and is based mostly on easy-to-use external characters. We find no evidence for breeding populations of Laticauda in Australian waters, but include the genus on the list of possibly occurring taxa. Keywords: biodiversity, Australian sea snake species, identification key Checklist of Sea Snake Species Known to Occur in Australia Aipysurus apraefrontalis Smith, 1926 Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869 Aipysurus foliosquama Smith, 1926 Aipysurus fuscus (Tschudi, 1837) Aipysurus laevis Lacépède, 1804 Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders et al. 2012 Aipysurus pooleorum Smith, 1974 Aipysurus tenuis Lønnberg and Anderson, 1913 Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869 Ephalophis greyae Smith, 1931 Hydrelaps darwiniensis Boulenger, 1896 Hydrophis atriceps Günther, 1864 Hydrophis belcheri (Gray, 1849) Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802) Hydrophis coggeri (Kharin, 1984a) Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802) Hydrophis czeblukovi (Kharin, 1984a) Hydrophis donaldi Ukuwela, Sanders and Fry 2012 Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) Hydrophis kingii Boulenger, 1896 Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983 Hydrophis major (Shaw, 1802) Hydrophis ocellatus Gray, 1849 Hydrophis pacificus Boulenger, 1896 Hydrophis peronii (Duméril, 1853) Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) Hydrophis stokesii (Gray in Stokes, 1846) Hydrophis zweifeli (Kharin, 1985) Parahydrophis mertoni (Roux, 1910) List of Sea Snakes Possibly Occurring in Australia Hydrophis laboutei Rasmussen and Ineich, 2000 Hydrophis vorisi Kharin, 1984b Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802) Laticauda sp. Laurenti, 1768 Arne Redsted Rasmussen, Kate Laura Sanders, Michael L. Guinea and Andrew P. Amey. 2014. Sea Snakes in Australian Waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) — A Review with an Updated Identification Key. Zootaxa. 3869 (4): 351–371 |
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